Pokémon Art Academy will be made available tomorrow in North America for Nintendo 3DS, which means you still have plenty of time to pre-purchase the digital edition to net yourself a Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire demo.

More than 500 of the world’s best Pokemon Trading Card Game and video game players from 30 countries are participating in the 2014 Pokemon World Championships for the title of Pokemon World Champion. You can watch it all unfold on Twitch, right here.

Charlie “Exarion” Armitz has beaten the world record for speed-running Pokemon Red. Clocking a time of 1 hour and 51 minutes, Armitz starts with Squirtle and eschews any glitching. Keeping it real. Watch below. Thanks, Kotaku.

Pokemon merchandise can be a bit of a problem, seeing as much of it doesn’t release here in the west, and of course, not everyone can be arsed with importing from Japan. Your solution is here, thanks to a new online Pokemon store dedicated to the west.

Valve’s Steam summer sale is in full swing right now, and the folks over at Dorkly have whipped up a web comic explaining why this yearly attack on our bank accounts is a lot like the world of Pokemon.